3  Church in Russia?

Abstract

Save us from evil: why the Russian church lies to us when it tells us about values

Myth

Russian Orthodox Church defends traditional family values

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Truth

The Russian Orthodox Church is a KGB/FSB organization that helps to oppress Russians and wage war against Ukrainian Christians

See also the chapter on russian values Chapter 94.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church

3.1 TODO

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3.2 WWII and NKVD

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3.3 Persecution under Khrushchev

While the Russian Orthodox Church was brutally persecuted under Stalin, it experienced a revival after his death, albeit under strict control by the KGB and later the FSB. Under Stalin, religious institutions were heavily suppressed, and their members persecuted. 2

3.4 Glasnost and KGB

After Stalin’s death, the Church was formally recognized again, but the KGB used it to control the population and closely monitored its activities. 3 This control continued under the FSB, and high-ranking church officials such as Patriarch Kirill had connections with the KGB.[^church-russia-3]

3.5 Warmonger Kirill

Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, while urging the clergy to abandon “flashy and provocative luxury,” possesses multiple million-dollar properties.4 Kirill, who was spying for the KGB in Switzerland in the 1970s,5 publicly supported Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. His predecessor, Patriarch Alexy II was a KGB agent as well.6

  1. Mikhail Suslov (November 13, 2024) How the Russian Orthodox Church Conceptualizes the Ukraine War. https://russiapost.info/politics/roc_war↩︎

  2. Döpmann, H. D. (n.d.). Stalin und die Russische Orthodoxe Kirche. https://www.kommunismusgeschichte.de/jhk/jhk-2003/article/detail/stalin-und-die-russische-orthodoxe-kirche↩︎

  3. Steiner, E. (2003, January 22). Gleb Jakunin: “Orthodoxie War Filiale Des KGB.” DIE FURCHE. https://www.furche.at/wirtschaft/gleb-jakunin-orthodoxie-war-filiale-des-kgb-1295599↩︎

  4. (2023, July 20). Russian Orthodox leader calls on clerics to forgo luxurious lifestyles. The Moscow Times. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/20/russian-orthodox-leader-calls-on-clerics-to-forgo-luxurious-lifestyles-a81907↩︎

  5. (2023, February 6). Russian Patriarch Kirill spied in Switzerland for KGB in 70s – Media. The Moscow Times. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/02/06/russian-patriarch-kirill-spied-in-switzerland-for-kgb-in-70s-media-a80151↩︎

  6. (1999, February 12). Russian Patriarch ‘was KGB spy’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/12/1↩︎